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Everything You Don't Know About Title Law (But Wish You Did)

As an attorney who handles real estate closings, knowing the ins and outs of title law is not optional. Being able to identify, analyze and cure common defects is a vital part of your practice, and one that comes with an assortment of liabilities and pitfalls. In this two-day, inclusive title law course, you'll learn the latest techniques for examining titles and curing common defects, as well as gain a thorough understanding of title insurance policies, endorsements and commitments. Build your title law knowledge at this comprehensive program - register today!

Identify critical title insurance risks inherent in public land records.

Discover when (and when not) to use endorsements.

Learn new insights and tips on obtaining additional coverage.

Dig deep into key issues of the commitment and how it portrays and differs from the underlying title.

Find out what attorneys can be held liable for in title examination - and how to avoid those risks.

Learn how title examiners analyze breaks in chain, foreclosure, bankruptcy and boundary issues.

Gain new techniques for drafting easements, deeds, releases and affidavits of facts.

Know how to read legal descriptions, surveys and plat maps like a surveyor.

Identify grounds for a quiet title action, what records are needed and how to find them.

Who Should Attend

This basic-to-intermediate level program is designed for professionals who want to maximize their title law knowledge:

Title Objections: When and How to Make Them10:45 - 11:45, Jeffrey T. Morris

Top Issues to Object

Objections After Review Periods

Lenders and Title Objections

Drafting Title Objection Letters

Curing Defects12:45 - 2:15, Rebecca A. Bowman

Curative Statutes

Easements

Corrective Deeds/New Deeds

Releases and Satisfactions of Mortgages

Affidavits of Facts

Monetary Settlement and Escrow Agreements

Additional Curative Instruments

Curing Fraud and Forgery Defects

Quiet Title Actions: Grounds, Interested Parties and Mechanics

Actions in Ejectment

Reading Surveys, Descriptions and Plats2:30 - 4:30, Rebecca A. Bowman

Reading the Survey into the Commitment

ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys

Survey Review Process, Elements and Symbols

Finding Boundaries That Tie to Meander Lines

Inaccurate Surveys and Surveyor Reports

Standards Used by the Surveyor

Preparation of the Boundary Survey

Survey Coverage

How to Read Descriptions

Inappropriate Use of Tax Parcels and Addresses

Identifying Typographical Errors

Handling Vague, Inaccurate and Conflicting Descriptions

How to Read Plat Maps Like a Surveyor

REBECCA A. BOWMAN is the principal of a certified woman-owned business that is registered to provide engineering, real estate, legal, and training services with the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, Allegheny County, PennDOT, New Jersey Transit, and Port Authority Transit of Allegheny County. She is experienced in boundary law issues, estate planning and administration, guardianship and conservatorship, engineering design and forensic analysis, construction/project management, dispute resolution, real estate, small business start-up, employment law, and nonprofit support. Ms. Bowman is a registered professional engineer. She is also a certified arbitrator and mediator. Ms. Bowman has been an adjunct professor at the Community College of Allegheny County, where she taught small business startups, and at Penn State, where she has taught CPA education seminars. Ms. Bowman is also a lecturer at California University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Bowman is a frequent CPE lecturer (law and engineering) for a variety of providers. She earned her B.S. degree from the University of North Dakota, her M.B.A. degree from Oklahoma University, and her J.D. degree from Duquesne University. Ms. Bowman is involved with the National Society of Professional Engineers, American Arbitration Association, Institute for Christian Conciliation, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the American Bar Association.

PAMELA L. ENCK is an attorney in Pittsburgh where she focuses her practice on real estate matters, including all aspects of title review and examination. A significant part of her practice is focused on residential and commercial real estate titles and transactions, and as a former assistant project manager at Holland Services, she brings unique insight to real estate law as it relates to oil and gas transactions, including handling a variety of title and leasing issues. Ms. Enck is a former municipal court judge for the town of Bethany and a mediator in both West Virginia state and federal courts. She received her B.A. degree from Pennsylvania State University, her J.D. degree from West Virginia University College of Law and her M.P.A. degree from West Virginia University. Ms. Enck is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and The West Virginia Bar Association.

JEFFREY T. MORRIS is a partner with the law firm of Elliott & Davis, PC, where he practices in the areas of zoning; construction; business and commercial litigation matters; representing lenders in state, federal and bankruptcy courts; as well as corporate, transactional, and construction litigation matters. He is a frequent lecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the Federal Bar Association on commercial litigation and employment law issues. Mr. Morris is a member of the Pennsylvania, Allegheny (member, Construction Dispute Resolution Group) and American bar associations; as well as the American Arbitration Association (Commercial Arbitration Panel). He also is past vice chair of the Bradford-Wood Borough Planning Commission. Mr. Morris is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh; and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

SHANE D. SCLICHTER is a partner in the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, where he is a member of the finance, energy and real estate group. He has nearly two decades of experience in banking and commercial finance law. In his practice, Mr. Sclichter primarily represents commercial banks and borrowers in a wide range of multi-lender and single lender secured and unsecured financing transactions, including real estate development and construction financing, asset-based lending facilities, acquisition financings, equipment financings, mezzanine financings, and intercreditor and subordination agreements. He also has experience with real estate sales and acquisitions (commercial and residential), including purchase and sales agreements, title insurance matters, inspection issues, transfer tax issues, survey requirements, and leasing issues. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sclichter was senior counsel at First Niagara Bank. He received his B.A. degree from The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, and his J.D. degree from the Duquesne University School of Law. He is a member of the Pennsylvania, The West Virginia and New Jersey State bar associations.

SUSAN M. SWICK is an underwriting counsel with the Pittsburgh office of Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, focusing exclusively on real estate and title insurance law, as well as agency representation. Ms. Swick has more than 30 years of experience working with title matters in both private practice and as underwriting counsel with major title insurance companies. While in private practice, she practiced transactional, as well as real estate development law, representing lending institutions and commercial and residential developers. Ms. Swick is a frequent lecturer on title insurance and real estate topics and has been an adjunct professor at Butler University instructing real estate law. She is a member of the Allegheny and Westmoreland County bar associations, and also holds law licenses in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Maine. Ms. Swick also is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. She earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. She was awarded the CLTP professional designation (certified land title professional).

ERIC J. WEINHEIMER is an assistant underwriting counsel with the Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Dayton and his J.D. degree from the Duquesne University School of Law. Mr. Weinheimer is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania. He has years of experience searching residential titles in Allegheny and Butler counties. Before joining the Old Republic National Title Insurance Company in 2013, Mr. Weinheimer worked as an oil and gas abstractor in Butler County and wrote title opinions for a regional law firm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Accreditation Details:

Continuing Legal Education

NJ

CLE:

14.40

Includes -
Ethics: 1.20

This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 14.4 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.2 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism.

NY

CLE:

14.00

Includes -
Areas of Professional Practice: 13.00, Ethics: 1.00

This course has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 14.0 credit hours. 13.0 hours can be applied to the Areas of Professional Practice requirement and 1.0 hour can be applied toward the ethics and professionalism requirement. This live format program is appropriate for newly admitted and experienced attorneys.

PA

CLE:

12.00

Includes -
Ethics: 1.00

This program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for a total of 12.0 hours, including 11.0 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit and 1.0 hour of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.

International Association for Continuing Education Training

N

IACET:

1.20

NBI, Inc. is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU.
NBI, Inc. is authorized by IACET to offer 1.2 CEUs for this program. At the end of the program, participants must complete a self-assessment in order to receive credit. 100% attendance is required. (Provider #1004558)

Upon completion of this course, attendees should be able to:
1. State two essential components of title insurance.
2. State two components of the title insurance commitment.
3. Define commercial vs. residential endorsements.
4. State two tips for negotiating title insurance endorsements.
5. List three different examples of when you would need to obtain additional coverage.
6. State two ethical considerations for title law attorneys.
7. List two tactics title examiners use to search breaks in chain.
8. Describe when to make a title objection.
9. State two tips for drafting easements.
10. Review how to read surveys using metes and bounds.